"Thurber's Fescue" is a sculpture that examines and explores sickle-like leaf
blades and the skeletal-structured vessels similar to seeds or seed pods.

Kevin Wayne Shaffer was born and raised in a Mid-Western landscape of tall grass prairie and Oak savanna. This place in the Heartland, a work-hard-play-hard ethic was engrained on a horse ranch, and the ever present Prairie Style inspired Kevin's development to eventually study architecture, land planning, landscape architecture, horticulture, and sculpture.

"For the creation of artwork, design of landscape, a building, a piece of furniture, anything… extracting the context is what inspires my creative thought process."

The years of experience and progression of design thought has influenced Kevin's career in art and design to seek out a minimalist approach; honest in the details with naturally rich materials. Kevin prefers to join art media and sustainable built environments in a way to inspire design thought, create environmental awareness, and reduce maintenance and over-management.

"I am interested in creating a dialogue between ecology and human culture in a way that geomorphology can produce a construction detail. I believe what we learn from the un-built environment is the future of our built world."

Powder coated steel sculpture ~ 18' x 6'

For Sale at $15,000

2011 Evergreen Sculpture Walk

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